If you are right (and it’s plausible, though why did the Tom Brady site initially post a “Thank you Fans for all the love”- type tweet?) it illustrates another danger with relying on anonymous sources without adequate investigation: The sources may be manipulating you fir their own self interest. And if this is what happened, ESPN should not be citing it with pride as justification for their reporting today. They should have at the least reported something like “sources close to the Bucs are saying…”. And if the sources told them Brady had informed the team he was retiring, when in fact he had nit, and the Bucs were leaking just to force his hand, then they lied to ESPN, and probably should get burned.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:33 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > From reading the ESPN story the anonymous sources were part of the Tampa > Bay organization. My take is that the Bucs want to start planning their > future and they don’t want to be stuck in a holding pattern waiting for > Brady to announce his retirement. In their post-season discussion they > asked Brady to announce the retirement. He wasn’t planning to announce, > whether it was to get maximum attention after the Super Bowl, or if he > really was planning on coming back. So some front office people talked to > ESPN in order to force his hand. If he decides he does want to continue > playing it will have to be with another team. > > On Jan 29, 2022, at 6:24 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are seeing an interesting case study in journalism today on a high > profile but low stakes story. ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported that > Tom Brady is retiring, and multiple outlets picked it up and ran with it. > The AP is now reporting that Brady has called the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to > say he is far from making up his mind. I have seen a Tweet where an ESPN > reporter says Brady is retiring, but has not made up his mind about when to > announce. > > > It looks like Brady is retiring, and someone close to him spilled the > beans too soon, and now they are trying to put the toothpaste back in the > tube so Brady can make his own dramatic announcement. > > It’s not really a big deal either way, but it illustrates the danger of > basing big stories on anonymous sources. ESPN did use the plural, so I > assume there was more than one. I think there is a place for anonymous > sourcing, but in the days when news organizations cared about their > credibility and reputation for accuracy, they would have probably waited > longer, not quicker to report if relying on anonymous sources to get > additional confirmation. > > > > https://apnews.com/article/tom-brady-retirement-reports-8ec48cdfdcc5f0dd4650b0572dd15252 > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJFR49_attJ1BLHynYy%2BiWLkc71%3Dvtac08-0RaWvZs8Tg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJFR49_attJ1BLHynYy%2BiWLkc71%3Dvtac08-0RaWvZs8Tg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/E721F548-21EA-417A-AF79-02453ECBC22D%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/E721F548-21EA-417A-AF79-02453ECBC22D%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKDKWE7Srh1eA378KMEyNGisZ%2BpnYtTn8xkoFTH%3D4dJcg%40mail.gmail.com.
